Effectiveness of the Anemia Care Program in Pregnant at Bophloi Hospital Kanchanaburi Province

Abstract

This study employed a quasi-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design to study the effect of an Anemia Care Program for Pregnant Women attending antenatal care at Bo Phloi Hospital. The study involved 30 anemic pregnant women between February 2025 and September 2025. The experimental instrument was the Anemia Care Program for Pregnant Women. Data were collected using a questionnaire and a hematocrit value record form. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the Paired Sample t-test to compare health belief perception, self-care behaviors, and hematocrit values before and after the intervention, with the level of statistical significance set at 0.05. The result of the study found that after the intervention, the anemic pregnant women who received the Anemia Care Program showed significantly higher health belief perception scores (M = 4.11, S.D. = 0.27 And M = 4.71, S.D. = 0.11, Respectively) and better self-care behaviors (M = 4.13, S.D. = 0.28 And M = 4.66, S.D. = 0.20, Respectively). Furthermore, the hematocrit level was higher after receiving the program (M = 30.33, S.D. = 1.61 and M = 35.19, S.D. = 3.48, Respectively).A comparison of the means showed that the experimental group had statistically significantly higher average scores for health belief perception and self-care behaviors after the program ( P-Value<0.001). The increased hematocrit level after the program suggests that the Anemia Care Program for Pregnant Women effectively improved health belief perception and self-care behaviors among anemic pregnant women, leading to their hematocrit levels being within the normal range.